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Russia's indefensible invasion of Ukraine and Beijing’s indefensible defense of same calls for high-quality propaganda with Chinese characteristics. CCTV’s Ukraine update uniformly begins with Russian Defense Ministry footage, filled with images of Russia launching missiles (in self-defense) and blowings things up. Using the same intimidation and show of force tactics that apparently work so well at home, China’s TV news chiefs have, for over a year now, let Russia strut its military prowess on the nightly news, presumably in the hopes that those who oppose Russia’s rightful aggression will realize resistance is hopeless and will sue for peace.

Recent coverage includes more shots from the ground, but given the stilted narration it is impossible to tell what’s going on.

CCTV’s lopsided coverage of Ukraine neatly parallels the discrepancy between “neutral” China’s frequent and regular cordial conversations with Putin and Xi’s single conversation with Zelensky, which was a year late and …